The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Cypher skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Cypher falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the City of London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
671 |
680 |
734 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London |
28.87% |
37.51% |
35.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
477 |
472 |
501 |
| 10th Percentile |
£400 |
£393 |
£400 |
| 25th Percentile |
£460 |
£463 |
£481 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£550 |
£600 |
£593 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-8.33% |
+1.27% |
-1.25% |
| 75th Percentile |
£668 |
£691 |
£710 |
| 90th Percentile |
£775 |
£775 |
£825 |
| Central London median daily rate |
£550 |
£578 |
£576 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.84% |
+0.30% |
-3.96% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
6 |
7 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25.14 |
£22.05 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£31.71 |
£26.00 |
- |
| Median hourly rate |
£37.50 |
£34.00 |
- |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+10.29% |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£49.68 |
£63.75 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£63.75 |
£73.75 |
- |
| Central London median hourly rate |
£45.00 |
£42.72 |
£41.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.33% |
+2.94% |
-10.27% |
